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Great In Theory, Beginning to Lag in Execution

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Relativity Space for less than 1 year
October 7, 2021
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Difficult integrated problems tackled by all team members lead employees to feel like they make a difference.

  • People care about the company and work to improve it on the technical side.
  • Coworkers are great people who are enjoyable to spend time with.
  • The entire company comes together to tackle goals, demonstrating how individuals are committed to achieving company goals.
Cons

As other reviewers have said, senior leadership lacks EQ and is becoming more out of touch with people on the ground. This has started as a slow decay and is accelerating.

  • Smart decisions were used in the past to reduce work and advance progress. Currently, the company has shifted to working employees toward burnout, with flat-out mandatory requests for weekend work to reach company goals.
  • It is becoming a "yes sir" culture where you have to say what management wants to hear.
  • The values of the company are not reflected in how they treat their employees as they have been in the past.
Advice to Management
  • Overall plan for the company that spans beyond the next few weeks. Creating an overall schedule would help to reduce the need to put out fires.
  • Often people are overworked and instructed to complete things over the weekend or to an arbitrary date only to find out that the rush was for nothing due to a lack of long-term scheduling.
  • Address culture and improve the employee feedback loop. Employees have been bringing up valid concerns that seemingly are brushed aside in order to meet goals and deadlines.
  • Bring back work-life balance; many team members left other companies that did not respect these boundaries and now feel like they have been deceived.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
3.0

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